Question

JSP - XSL - Display in table

Asked by: vandy02

I have the following xsl file placed in the code section below that I would like to display in a html table.  

Thanks

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
                xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" />
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>JSTL XML Support -- Transforming</title>
      </head>
      <body bgcolor="#98AFC7">
        <h3>Transforming an XML Document using XML tags</h3>              
        <xsl:apply-templates />
      </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>
 
  <xsl:template match="Author-Name">
    <!--printing the Last element-->
    LAST NAME :
    <xsl:apply-templates select="Last"/>
  </xsl:template>
 
  <xsl:template match="Last">
    <xsl:value-of select="text()" />
    <br />
  </xsl:template> 
 
  <xsl:template match="Book-Name" >
    <!--printing the BOOK-NAME element -->
    BOOK NAME : 
    <xsl:value-of select="text()" />
    <br />
  </xsl:template>
 
    <xsl:template match="Language" >
    <!--printing the BOOK-NAME element -->
    LANGUAGE :
    <xsl:value-of select="text()" />
    <hr />
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

                                  
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Asked On
2009-10-22 at 10:47:33ID24835469
Topic

Java Server Pages (JSP)

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Answers

 

by: dravidnsrPosted on 2009-10-22 at 10:54:51ID: 25637074

Use POI API

 

by: vandy02Posted on 2009-10-22 at 11:07:23ID: 25637228

I was thinking more on the line of an html table.

 

by: mrcoffee365Posted on 2009-10-22 at 12:02:15ID: 25637753

You are already creating HTML with the xsl file -- do you mean you need help producing the <table> tags in your xsl?

 

by: vandy02Posted on 2009-10-22 at 13:48:40ID: 25638859

Yes.

 

by: mrcoffee365Posted on 2009-10-22 at 17:59:11ID: 25640574

Well, you want something like
<table>
<xsl:for-each select="BookSection">
<tr><td><xsl:variable name="last" select="Author-Name/Last"/></td>
<td><xsl:variable name="last" select="Book-Name"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>

Put all the values you want for the columns in.

I can't tell from your code what the outer section for each book xml is, but that's what you want as the for-each select value.

Then you don't use apply-templates or the xsl:template sections below.

Try this and see if it does something like what you want.

 

by: vandy02Posted on 2009-10-22 at 19:50:37ID: 25641035

Well this works, but the problem is it puts all the records in a row.  In other words, if I modify the xml within the jsp to be a little simpler I get the following from the below.

OUTPUT:
First1 Last1 First2 Last2

books.jsp
<%@ page contentType="text/xml" %><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Book>
  <Author>
    <First>
      First1
    </First>
    <Last>
      Last1
    </Last>
  </Author>
  <Author>
    <First>
      First2
    </First>
    <Last>
      Last2
    </Last>
  </Author>
</Book>

book.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
                xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" />
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>JSTL XML Support -- Transforming</title>
      </head>
      <body bgcolor="#98AFC7">
        <h3>Transforming an XML Document using XML tags</h3>
        <table>
            <xsl:for-each select="Author">
            <tr>
                <td><xsl:variable name="last" select="Last"/></td>
            </tr>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </table>
      </body>
    </html>
</xsl:stylesheet>

 

by: mrcoffee365Posted on 2009-10-22 at 22:15:05ID: 25641499

Great -- it sounds as if this was the solution.  Did you need help with something else?

 

by: vandy02Posted on 2009-10-23 at 12:45:05ID: 25647771

It put everything in one row when there exists two rows.  How can I put the data in two rows?

 

by: vandy02Posted on 2009-10-23 at 12:45:44ID: 25647780

Notiice the file there is two Authors.

 

by: mrcoffee365Posted on 2009-10-23 at 13:50:30ID: 25648440

The xsl:for-each logic is pretty clear.  Identify the level at which you want the data to loop, and run the for-each around it.  Is it possible that you are not posting the xsl you are actually using?  Because the XSL you've posted won't run in my tests.

This one works:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" />
<xsl:template match="/">
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>JSTL XML Support -- Transforming</title>
      </head>
      <body bgcolor="#98AFC7">
        <h3>Transforming an XML Document using XML tags</h3>
        <table>
            <xsl:for-each select="Book/Author">
            <tr>
                <td><xsl:variable name="last" select="Last"/><xsl:value-of select="$last"/></td>
            </tr>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </table>
      </body>
    </html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

 

by: vandy02Posted on 2009-10-23 at 14:42:05ID: 31644672

Fantastic!    Thanks!

 

by: mrcoffee365Posted on 2009-10-23 at 14:57:51ID: 25649096

You're welcome.  Good luck!

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